Nominate An Educator

Each year, we invite all NEA state, federal, and direct affiliates to nominate one outstanding educator for the NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence. All current members of an NEA local affiliate or bargaining unit are eligible, including teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff. These prestigious awards recognize, reward, and promote excellence in both teaching and advocacy for the profession. They also honor public education and the dedicated members of the National Education Association.

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What You’re Saying

“I lead students to think about [the] cultural differences among people, rather than allow them to reject what they do not understand.”Jennifer Erickson, Batavia, ILEducator at Alice Gustafson Elementary SchoolAWARDS FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE

“Small interactive seminars, meetings, and one-on-one discussions…I absolutely relished this opportunity to meet with young researchers in the field.”
Kimberly Lewis, Los Angeles, CAEducator at Los Angeles County Office of EducationGRANTS TO EDUCATORS

“We can do the best for our kids and our communities because we are trusted—it's not about accountability.”
Pasi Sahlberg, Helsinki, FinlandVisiting Professor at Harvard Graduate School of EducationCROSS-SITE CONVENING

“We need a system that differentiates, braids health and human services, and levels the playing field of access to out-of-school learning.”Paul Reville, Cambridge, MANEA Foundation Fellow and Harvard Graduate School of Education ProfessorCROSS-SITE CONVENING

“It is my sincere hope that my educator colleagues will recognize that their voice is critical, that their expertise is valued, that they have the opportunities to be the agents of change...”Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh, Salt Lake City, UtahThe NEA Foundation Board Chair & Former President of Utah Education AssociationBOARD OF DIRECTORS

“This notion that everything can be fixed by fixing what's happening in the classroom or fixing the teacher, people miss what's happening around us. It's all context.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Paris, FranceAuthor and national correspondent at The AtlanticCROSS-SITE CONVENING

“Public education is nothing short of bending the arc of the moral universe toward justice with each student that we teach.”Harriet Sanford, Washington, DCPresident & CEO, The NEA FoundationSTAFF